Since the characters are the same for all players, there’s no Animal Crossing-esque variation on villagers, but currently roped off house-sized areas may hint at new residents in the future. On the other hand, Amelia, the soft-spoken delivery duck, is sweet but dull, talking about little more than stale bread and, oddly enough, how charming Angus is. Sandy the postal dog claims to be a princess and seems two steps shy of a mental breakdown at her ever-present desk post, making the town hall a regularly entertaining stop. Angus, the Scottish carpenter baboon, is crotchety, impatient, and ungrateful, but we enjoy his loudmouthed honesty and random tales of mutant banana haggis. The villagers themselves are a mixed bag, with personalities that vary from bizarrely endearing to easily forgettable. This provides a constant sense of purpose and progress, since you earn gems, experience points, and random gifts for every quest you complete. Without a day-night cycle, villagers are also awake and available 24/7 for doling out demands.
So long as you have fewer than three active assignments, you can speak to any villager and select “Quest” to receive another task. One of the strongest features of Castaway Paradise is its never-ending quests: villagers will always have a quest for you, no matter how many you’ve already completed. You can have three quests active at one time, but as soon as you finish one and have an open slot, you’ll be able to seek out a needy villager to take on another request. Others are more time-consuming, like growing a batch of crops or fishing up a specific creature from the briny depths. Some quests are painfully simple, like delivering a letter to another villager less than ten feet away. The resident islanders will provide quest goals that often reward these puzzle pieces, among other types of payment. Fixing bridges allows you to explore new areas of the island and gain access to stranded characters or buildings, opening up more available activities. Bridges, buildings, and other broken landmarks can be repaired by spending “puzzle pieces” on them-nine pieces are required for each object. Without any real story or specific goal to reach, progress in Castaway Paradise mostly comes down to completing quests for villagers and fixing parts of the island. You can fish, grow crops, catch bugs, shop for furniture or clothing, collect fruit, chop down trees, pull weeds, dig holes, and so on. As in Animal Crossing, there are a number of activities with which to fill your days, but when and what you do is up to you. From this moment on, your time on the island is mostly your own. The mayor of the island you’ve landed on invites you to stay and help rebuild their village: most of its bridges, buildings, and décor were destroyed in the storm that sunk your ship. You begin Castaway Paradise as a kelp-covered shipwreckee that has washed ashore. Unfortunately, an intrusive freemium model and lack of polish make it difficult to completely lose yourself within this otherwise promising island escape. The final result is exactly that, combining open-ended gameplay with a colorful cast of insatiable characters who never run out of errands or rewards for your hard-working migrant. The casual life sim is openly inspired by Nintendo’s town-building juggernaut, aiming to offer a similar-yet more quest-focused-experience on iOS. From our very first glimpse of Castaway Paradise’s colorful island retreat, comparisons to Animal Crossing were inevitable.
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